dreamfeeding......

[Sammystar]

.....is this where you ladies wake up your LO to give a feed before you go to bed?

If so, is there a knack to this? Sam goes into a really deep sleep at about 8.30-9pm after an evening of restlessness and cluster feeding. I've tried waking him for a feed but he just won't co-operate! I end up going to sleep myself at about 10pm only to be woken again at midnight for another feed. Then he's back at about 3.30 until about 4.30 and awake fully from 6am. I'm starting to get really exhausted.......

Any ideas?

 

[Adele]

I used to give chloe a bottle before i went to bed, id just take her out of her cot, usually still sleeping and sit in the dark with little light and she'd usually gulp down the whole bottle while still being asleep. I'd then just wind her and put her back down, then she would stay sleeping til morning

 

[Nicky_Jones]

I used to give Ellie a dreamfeed 4hours after her previous feed. I used to give her a nappy change to wake her and then feed her, until she dropped the 4am ish feed. Then I stopped giving her the nappy change and just lifted her, sometimes still sleeping, she would latch on, drink and not appear to wake.